The onset of STI diagnosis through age 30: results from the Seattle Social Development Project Intervention.

ABSTRACT: The objectives of this study were to examine (1) whether the onset of sexually transmitted infections (STI) through age 30 differed for youths who received a social developmental intervention during elementary grades compared to those in the control condition; (2) potential social-developmental mediators of this intervention; and (3) the extent to which these results differed by ethnicity. A nonrandomized controlled trial followed participants to age 30, 18 years after the intervention ended. Three intervention conditions were compared: a full-intervention group, assigned to intervention in grades 1 through 6; a late intervention group, assigned to intervention in grades 5 and 6 only; and a no-treatment control group. Eighteen public elementary schools serving diverse neighborhoods includi

SUBMITTER: Hill KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3776010 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature